WEBVTT 3 GOOD EVENING SPORTS FANS... DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. A THIRD AND DECIDING GAME FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP! THE SAVANNAH BANANAS AND PENINSULA PILOTS PLAYING FOR ALL THE MARBLES TUESDAY NIGHT UP IN HAMPTON, VIRGINIA. THE PILOTS..SEARCHING FOR THEIR THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOUR YEARS...THE BANANAS, THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, FIRST YEAR FRANCHISE..LOOKING TO CAP OFF AN AMAZING SUMMER IN SAVANNAH! TO HAMPTON, VIRGINIA WE GO! BANANAS WASTING NO TIME GRABBING THE LEAD IN THIS ONE, CLAY DUNGAN WITH THE SINGLE ..IN COMES CHRISTIAN HOLLIE, 2-0 SAVANNAH! MOMENTS LATER, WITH TWO ON...JAMESON HANNAH GIVES ONE A RIDE, FOLKS THAT'S NO BOOMER-RANG..IT'S NOT COMING BACK, THE THREE RUN SHOT MAKES IT A 5-0 BALLGAME IN THE SECOND! PENINSULA RESPONDS, THIS RBI DOUBLE CUTS THE SAVANNAH LEAD TO 6-4! BUT, IN THE FOURTH, THE BANANAS GET A LITTLE MORE SEPARATION, ANGEL CAMACHO WITH THE SINGLE THAT DRIVES IN TWO, SAVANNAH GOES UP 8-4! GO BANANAS FOLKS ....THE COASTAL PLAIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING BACK TO SAVANNAH! THE BANANAS WIN GAME THREE 9-7 TO CLAIM THE TITLE...MUCH MORE ON THIS STORY WEDNESDAY HERE ON WJCL 22 NEWS.

In their first season in the Coastal Plain League, the Savannah Bananas are tops in the league.

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Savannah never trailed in defeating the host Peninsula Pilots 9-7 in Game #3 Tuesday night in Hampton, Virginia.

The Bananas would jump out to a quick lead in the third and deciding game.

Savannah scored six runs in the first two innings.

The big blow, a three-run homerun by Jameson Hannah (Dallas Baptist) in the second inning.

The Pilots were able to pull to within two runs in the eighth inning thanks to an error by the Bananas that plated two. However, Savannah would add an insurance run in the top of the ninth to take a 9-7 lead.

With the win, Savannah wins the Petitt Cup in its first season in the CPL. Peninsula was searching for its third championship in four years.